I feel like if she was just toned down a bit more then I could've enjoyed the story more. Mary's actions/reactions to events began to get over-the-top for me by the first quarter of the book and by the time I was 3/4 through, I was kinda getting tired of her.

felt like sometimes the author was pushing the narrative of 'old-fashioned teenager' too much. They were the absolute standout of the series. It was fun to watch Mary learn how to navigate high school and try (her best) to fit in.Īnd I enjoyed quite a few of the side characters and subplots of this book - particularly Mary's hilarious family. I love the idea of an 'old soul' having to swing it with the cool kids. I do slightly like the concept more than the actual book.

This 18th century girl is shlumped in with the 21st century kids - and nothing will ever be the same. Mary's charter/experimental school at the local college is getting shut down and she couldn't be more horrified. Mary spent her entire life deep within the pages of old tomes and classic works.but then the unthinkable happens. All Jo wants is for someone to see the person behind the prickliness and pinafores.īut when she gets a little too real about her frustration with the family biz, Jo will have to make peace with kitsch and kin before their livelihood suffers a fate worse than Beth.December Tierlist Vlog is up! Click the link to see the video review of all the books read in December! The Written Review Mary Porter-Malcolm knows two things:ġ) You can literally find any and all answers within the pages of a good book.Ģ) Any book published in the last century just isn't worth reading. It doesn't hurt that the reporter's teenage son is also eager to get up close and personal with Jo-to the annoyance of her best friend, aka the boy next door (who is definitely not called Laurie). So when a famed photojournalist arrives to document the show, Jo seizes on the glimpse of another life: artsy, worldly, and fast-paced. Now Jo, along with her siblings, Meg and Bethamy (yes, that's two March sisters in one), spends all summer acting out sentimental moments at Little Women Live, where she can feel her soul slowly dying. As if being named after the sappiest family in literature wasn't sufficiently humiliating, Jo's mom, ahem Marmee, leveled up her Alcott obsession by turning their rambling old house into a sad-sack tourist attraction. Jo Porter has had enough Little Women to last a lifetime. Sharp and subversive, this delightfully messy YA rom-com offers a sly wink to the classic Little Women, as teenage Jo Porter rebels against living in the shadow of her literary namesake.

By the book by amanda sellet